When school was out and the weather turned warm, we hopped in the car and headed for the Black Hills of South Dakota, Mt. Rushmore, and Custer State Park. We spent some lazy mornings perusing the tourist shops in Keystone, and our afternoons exploring these amazing places.
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| Rock formation in Custer State Park |
Did you know that the original design called for each of the presidents to be sculpted from the waist up? Money became an issue so George Washington is the only one with a coat!
The Black Hills are beautiful though not what I expected. I thought I was going to see literally - black hills, dirt, rocks, tree stubs. . . but they are aptly named because they are so densely populated with trees that in a distance they appear to be black (similar to Black Forest in Colorado Springs)
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| Bears - wonder who has the right-of-way |
Coyotes and . . .
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| Mama Bear |
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| Prong Horn |
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| Bison |
One of the fun things we did was to visit Bear Country USA. These baby bears were having a great time!
